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Opportunity overview
The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) is to gauge interest from the market and to investigate solution options for a potential procurement described under Section 2: Background. This will enable the Council to examine the key issues that relate to the opportunities available and refine our approach which will inform the decision-making process that needs to be undertaken prior to any possible future procurement. This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information (RFI) and no direct business will be awarded because of completing this RFI. Responding to this document does not advantage or disadvantage any supplier in any possible future procurement process.
Classification
CPV35120000 — Surveillance and security systems and devices
CPV48810000 — Information systems
CPV64216000 — Electronic message and information services
Lots
Lot 1Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
Published notice details
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2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
2 VERSIONS
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095656-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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096024-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Leicestershire County Council is conducting preliminary market engagement to understand market interest and solution options for a potential County Hall Campus alert-system procurement under Protect Duty. This is an RFI only, not an invitation to bid; no contract will be awarded from responses.
Who this may suit
Relevant to suppliers of security surveillance systems, alerting/messaging platforms and information systems. Participation is for market engagement rather than a live tender.
Key points identified
Engagement purposeRequest for information to gauge market interest and investigate solution options for a potential future procurement.Evidence: “This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information (RFI)” and is intended “to gauge interest from the market and to investigate solution options”.
Supplier response requirementsUnknown; no response format, technical specification or participation instructions are supplied.Evidence: The supplied notice description provides the RFI purpose but no detailed response requirements.
Supplier eligibility criteriaUnknown.Evidence: No eligibility, economic/financial standing, technical capacity, insurance, location or company-size criteria are stated.
97% approved-analysis confidence3 supplier criteria identified3 risks or unknowns
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Leicestershire County Council is conducting preliminary market engagement to understand market interest and solution options for a potential County Hall Campus alert-system procurement under Protect Duty. This is an RFI only, not an invitation to bid; no contract will be awarded from responses.
Who this may suit
Relevant to suppliers of security surveillance systems, alerting/messaging platforms and information systems. Participation is for market engagement rather than a live tender.
Key deliverables
Provide information on market interest and potential solution options for a County Hall Campus alert system.
Support the Council’s pre-procurement assessment and future procurement planning.
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
3 criteria identified
Engagement purpose
99% confidence
Request for information to gauge market interest and investigate solution options for a potential future procurement.
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“This is not an invitation to bid, this is solely a request for information (RFI)” and is intended “to gauge interest from the market and to investigate solution options”.
Supplier response requirements
97% confidence
Unknown; no response format, technical specification or participation instructions are supplied.
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The supplied notice description provides the RFI purpose but no detailed response requirements.
Supplier eligibility criteria
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No eligibility, economic/financial standing, technical capacity, insurance, location or company-size criteria are stated.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Commercial outcome
99% confidence
No direct business or contract award will result from completing this RFI.
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“No direct business will be awarded because of completing this RFI.”
Estimated contract value
94% confidence
Unknown.
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The source value maximum is recorded as GBP 0, while the notice is preliminary market engagement and gives no stated estimated future contract value.
Delivery
Delivery region
96% confidence
UKF (East Midlands), United Kingdom.
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The supplied delivery location is region UKF, United Kingdom.
Buyer location
98% confidence
Leicester, LE3 8RA, United Kingdom.
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The supplied buyer location is Leicester, LE3 8RA.
Implementation timetable
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No contract start, end or implementation dates are supplied.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Procurement stage
99% confidence
Preliminary market engagement / planning.
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Notice type: “Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender”; process stage and source status are planning.
Bidding status
99% confidence
Not a live bidding opportunity; this is an RFI only.
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“This is not an invitation to bid” and “no direct business will be awarded”.
Future procurement route
98% confidence
Unknown; the Council may refine its approach before any possible future procurement.
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The engagement will inform decision-making “prior to any possible future procurement”. Procurement method is not supplied.
Submission deadline
99% confidence
Unknown.
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No submission deadline is supplied.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Not a tender or contract opportunity
99% confidence
Suppliers should not treat this notice as an invitation to bid or expect an award from responding.
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The notice explicitly states it is an RFI, not an invitation to bid, and that no direct business will be awarded.
Scope and commercial uncertainty
98% confidence
The final solution scope, procurement route, value, timetable and supplier requirements are not stated and may change if a future procurement proceeds.
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The Council is investigating solution options and refining its approach before any possible future procurement; no value, dates or detailed requirements are supplied.
Status interpretation
99% confidence
The source display status is “open”, but the underlying stage and source status are planning; “open” should be understood as the notice being available, not as bidding being open.
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Display status is open, while stage/source status are planning and the description says it is not an invitation to bid.
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